MotoGP: Álex Márquez signs with his brother Marc at Repsol Honda for 2020

At one point there was talk of Johann Zarco and Cal Crutchlow, but, unsurprisingly, it was Álex Márquez who was chosen to replace Jorge Lorenzo.

According to HRC, “Honda Racing Corporation is pleased to announce the signing of two-time World Champion Álex Márquez. The young Spanish rider will join the Repsol Honda team on a one-year contract. »

“He will move up from the intermediate class to join eight-time World Champion Marc Márquez in 2020 for his first season in the premier class aboard the Honda RC213V. »

Several brothers have raced together including Brad and Darryn Binder, Mick and Scott Doohan (the latter subsequently banned from motorcycle racing), Kurtis and Kenny (Jr.) Roberts in Team Roberts (of their father) in Italy and Catalonia 2007 on the handlebars of the KR212V.

Previously the brothers Christian and Dominique Sarron rode together, but not in the same teams (except in endurance), just like the brothers Marc and Bernard Garcia, Pierre and Jacques Bolle. Not forgetting many cases abroad like the Aoki brothers, Haslam (in the 60s) and many others over the years.

And we will not forget the brothers Pol and Aleix Espargaró, nor Can and Deniz Öncü, Freddy and Kenny Foray, and many others like Felice and Giacomo Agostino, Valentino Rossi and Luca Marini, as well as the sons of the late Angel Nieto, Ben and Eric Bostrom, Michael and William Dunlop, Sam and Alex Lowes, Michael, John and Eugene Laverty Jean-Michel and Christian Bayle, Murray and Jeff Sayle, Scott and Mark Brelsofd, Nicky, Roger Lee and Tommy Hayden, Cédric and Loïc Tangre without neglecting many others in the past.

Jorge Lorenzo, who was asked for his successor, had given an idea of the choice that would be made, this Sunday evening at the club (after having boycotted the official ceremony: “It will be between a Spaniard or a Frenchman, but Repsol wants a Spaniard, Álex is Spanish, and that is very important for them. »

Alex Marquez

Full name: Álex Márquez Alentà

Date of birth: April 23, 1996

Place of birth: Cervera, Spain

Size: 1.79 m

Weight: 64kg

Debut in World Championships: Jerez 2012

First podium: 2nd place at Indianapolis 2013 (Moto3)

First GP victory: Catalunya 2014 (Moto3)

GP winners: 12 (4 in Moto3, 8 in Moto2)

Podiums: 38 (15 in Moto3, 23 in Moto2)

Pole position: 15 (3 in Moto3, 12 in Moto2)